Turin Meeting

Content development actions

Section 1:

• Identify colleagues (field and HQ, men and women) to share their perspectives on gender terms through videos to be presented in basic concepts and definitions slide. They should answer one of the following set
  • (In your own words), what is gender equality? What does it mean to you?
  • What is gender discrimination? How can it prevent the equal enjoyment of human rights?
  • "(In your own words), what is the difference between gender and sex? And why is it important to make this distinction?
  • What is gender integration? Why do you think it is important at OHCHR?
  • ITC ILO can set up skype calls to video colleagues in the field if needed
    Haley, would be it possible to do some of those interviews with Geneva people when you come to Geneva on 1 Oct? We can see how you do it an replicate with the field colleagues when they come to Geneva the week of 7 Oct.
  • Can we use "the riddle" video with the gender identity and sexual orientation flashcard? Get permission if needed. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/TheRiddleremainsillegalinmorethan70countries.aspx ->yes this should not be a problem as OHCHR property
• Provide another example of hidden gender discrimination (aside from part-time workers example - I have proposed one that is related to dual employment schemes, management and admin)

What about using the UNW course example -
Indirect discrimination against girls and women can be difficult to recognize. It refers to situations that may appear to be unbiased but result in unequal treatment of girls and women. For example, a job for a police officer may have minimum height and weight criteria which women may find difficult to fulfill. As a result, women may be unable to become police officers

• Work with ITC ILO to revise tsunami case study slides

done- see comments in words

• Could we purchase the selection of photographs indicated in the new draft of the tsunami case study from EPA? Is it possible to budget to purchase 15 photos (at 50E each, would be 750E). Do we also want to expand the budget for graphic design to revise the section cover slides? This could be done for about 1,500E.

yes please send us the references

• Work with ITC ILO to arrange presentation of gender equality instruments by theme
• Quiz on gender issues in the workplace - see comments in word doc
  • Provide statistics of breakdown between women and men at the general service level
  • Provide quiz question on SOGI issue relating to UN workplace (ask adviser on sexual orientation)
  • Provide a quiz question about an interview question on experience with gender integration
  • Feedback is needed for correct and incorrect responses. Quiz questions can be in the following format.
    • Matching A list of sub-questions is provided, along with a list of answers. The respondent must "match" the correct answers with each question.
    • Multiple Choice In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice questions - single answer and multiple answer.
    • True/False In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent selects from two options: True or False.
    • Hotspot is a question that requires the user to click on the correct area within the image.
    • Fill in the Blank is a question followed by a blank field into which the user must type an answer.
    • Matching Drag and Drop is a question that requires the user to drag and drop items in the second column to match items in the first column.

The way it stands now seems fine
Section 2:

• Identify colleagues (field and HQ, men and women, different areas of work, including manager, professional and GS staff) to share their perspectives on integrating gender equalityWork with ITC ILO to develop quiz questions to integrate throughout the section
  • Interview questions: What does gender integration mean to you? What actions do you take to integrate a gender perspective into your work at OHCHR? What challenges have you encountered?
  • ITC ILO can set up skype calls to video colleagues in the field if needed

Same as for section 1

Section 3:

• Content to be developed:
  • Gender analysis (Pierre), to be adapted based on existing material
    • Introduce guidance and how to apply it.
    • Create exercise: multiple choice quiz - quiz questions, multiple choice answers for each question, feedback for correct and incorrect responses
  • Gender-sensitive language (Saori), to be adapted based on existing material
    • Introduce guidance and how to apply it.
    • Create exercise: including gender insensitive text hot spot question - find the gender insensitive language, then multiple choice questions on how the text could be better written, etc.
  • Gender-responsive budgeting (Saori)
    • Introduce guidance and how to apply it
    • Create exercise
  • Gender-friendly working environment
    • Introduce guidance and how to apply it
    • Exercise

Final assessment

• Develop 10 questions relating to the content of the 3 sections of the module - particularly important "take away" points (see above in section 1 bullets for types of quiz questions)

Focus group suggestions
Infographic for statistics (see pictochart site), lifecycle approach
Flashcards
- What does this term mean for you? (id 6 colleagues to video)
Add quiz questions in between in section 1 and, in particular, in section 2
Quiz 80% passing grade
Access to learning platform to figure out feedback mechanism
Basic rights on men and women in IDP camp
Piloting focus group of 6 to 8 ppl from diverse units plus gender facilitators
Certificate – print out and send to HR

Storyboard as revised at meeting


Outline of sections 2 and 3 as formulated at meeting




Report that contains all the elements for the tsunami case for section1.http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G06/111/66/PDF/G0611166.pdf?OpenElemen
A number of human rights violations are evoked from a gender perspective p.16-17 of the report from the special rapporteur on adequate housing (2006) the year following the tsunami.Most relevant passage:

F. Natural and man-made disasters
58. The impacts of natural disasters on women’s adequate housing was referred to by the
Special Rapporteur in his 2005 progress report, in the context of the Indian Ocean tsunami which
made 1.8 to 2.5 million people homeless across several countries on 26 December 2004. Similar
observations can be made with respect to the impact of the massive earthquake hitting
South Asia in October 2005, affecting primarily northern areas of Pakistan and India.
Preliminary studies show that women are vulnerable to becoming homeless and are at greater
risk of violence as a result of natural disasters. Women also often benefit less from
reconstruction efforts. Many women do not own the homes destroyed, and where replacement
homes are unavailable, women are forced to live in resettlement camps or squatter settlements
for long periods. The living conditions in camps and settlements are often inadequate and
contribute to the ill health of women. Women are more vulnerable to impoverishment and
sexual- and gender-based violence in such contexts.
59. In December 2005, almost one year after the tsunami, the Special Rapporteur issued a
joint statement with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of
Internally Displaced Persons. Attention was drawn to, inter alia, the marginalization of women
in rehabilitation and reconstruction processes. This has resulted in many women living in
substandard conditions that fail to meet criteria for adequate housing and living conditions,
including water and sanitation, dictated by international human rights standards. 11 The majority
are still living in temporary shelters, emergency relief camps, or in damaged homes due to the
lack of available or suitable alternatives. In addition, many regions continue to lack adequate
health services and health-related information, which exacerbates the situation. Women’s access
to food is restricted, which affects the health particularly of pregnant, breastfeeding and elderly
women. The combination of gender violence, ill health, loss of housing, land and livelihood and
discrimination is placing women at risk of becoming entrenched in the cycle of poverty.
60. The Special Rapporteur has received reports from NGOs alleging that in the aftermath
of the tsunami women’s claims to land are not being upheld. Reports from Ache and India
indicate that women are unable to claim ownership rights to land registered in their husband’s or
father’s name. In Thailand, local women, particularly minority women, are competing with large
companies’ land claims, because despite having lived on a given land for several generations
they did not possess land titles. 12
61. According to reports, women subjected to evictions and homelessness as a result of
natural disasters are particularly at risk of facing violations of personal dignity and health. 13 For
example, the presence of military forces in some camps where tsunami survivors are living, as
well as the lack of privacy in temporary shelters, has raised serious concerns regarding women’s
physical safety, and has increased their vulnerability to physical and sexual violence, illustrating
once again the close nexus between violence against women and the lack of adequate housing.
Women are inadequately protected by the police and camp administration against domestic
violence due to common perceptions that violence against women is a personal/family matter.
Reports of domestic violence have been widespread, as the inadequate nature of housing design
and settlement layout have exacerbated already tense relations in the home due to the stressful
nature of life post-tsunami.